November 29, 2011 A city proposal to cut programming at seven school pools “is simply pouncing on people with no public discussion,” says David Crombie. The former mayor, who now heads the Toronto District School Board’s real estate corporation, plans to deliver a letter to city council and Mayor Rob Ford on the [...]
November 28, 2011 Toronto residents will face a 2.5 per cent property tax increase in a draft budget unveiled Monday by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford that targets “out of control spending.” Ford, who was elected last year on a campaign platform to curtail city spending, said the draft budget cuts total city spending [...]
November 26, 2011 Mattie purrs and shuts her eyes for a nap as she feels human fingers nuzzle the top of her head. The roughly 10-year-old brown and grey tabby is surprisingly calm around people after she was found in an abandoned shed in the Hwy. 401-Islington area along with a 15 other [...]
November 16, 2011 The city’s Auditor General is giving Toronto’s 311 help line a poor grade when it comes to customer service. A report going to committee next Wednesday finds that about 21-thousand calls a month never get answered. […]
November 18, 2011 So, ten city councillors are growing moustaches, to raise awareness of prostate cancer. But let’s cut to the real question: who’s got the best moustache? And who’s ready to talk trash about another councillor’s ‘stache? […]
November 15, 2011 Occupy Toronto protesters were granted a temporary reprieve Tuesday evening following a last-minute court injunction against the city’s plans to evict them from St. James Park. The emergency court ruling capped a tense day for protesters, who had spent most of the time discussing how they would resist the city’s [...]
November 15, 2011 Occupy Toronto protesters are planning to stay put for the time being, despite eviction notices handed out by the city earlier on Tuesday. After a lengthy general assembly meeting Tuesday afternoon, occupiers decided not only to stay put, but to invite more supporters to come down and help them “defend” [...]
November 13, 2011 Parking lots are cracking, roofs are leaking and vacancies are soaring at North American strip malls. South of the border, the malls face vacancies of more than 11%, a historical high. The first time cultural geographer Merle Patchett saw Edmonton’s sprawl from the airplane, she felt the culture shock shared [...]
November 12, 2011 Love him or hate him — but especially for those who hate him — no one has a moderate opinion of Mayor Rob Ford. Almost a year into Ford suffering the slings and arrows of Toronto’s highest office, those from his inner circle say he’s being pounded by an ongoing [...]
November 11, 2011 Two people were arrested in separate incidents after trying to disrupt a Remembrance Day ceremony at Old City Hall in downtown Toronto. […]
